Definition 1 of 119
When medical personnel receive patients
What are the evacuation times for each precedence?
When does MEDEVAC begin?
What is the tactical priority in care under fire?
What is the medical priority in care under fire?
Term 2 of 119
Your casualty is trapped in a collapsed building. You can't safely move them. What do you transmit
at line 4?
Lactated ringers
C (extraction equipment)
Penetrating trauma
Make an improvised TQ
Term 3 of 119
A penetrating wound at the fourth intercostal space is considered a _________ and an __________ injury
Thoracic and abdominal
Chest and stomach
Rib and gut
Lung and liver
,Term 4 of 119
What are the 4 most vital organs that the body shunts blood to?
90 degrees from the front
Tension pneumothorax
Between the cricoid cartilage and thyroid cartilage
Lungs, kidneys, brain, and heart
Term 5 of 119
Your casualty has severe wound to both upper extremities. They have absent radial pulses. What is
the appropriate site and method to give them fluids?
io via fast 1
manubrium; Fast 6
manubrium; Fast 99
manubrium; FAST 1
Term 6 of 119
HAGA MRAP carries _______ litter or _____ ambulatory casualties
4 litter or 8 ambulatory
1 litter or 3 ambulatory
2 litter or 4 ambulatory
3 litter or 6 ambulatory
Term 7 of 119
Can OTFC be given via IV?
Yes
No
,Term 8 of 119
You apply a deliberate TQ. You give whole blood or hextend. The pulse distal to the TQ returns.
What is your next action?
Tighten the TQ
Tighten the Deliberate Tourniquet
Gain Fire Superiority
90 Degrees from the Front
Term 9 of 119
What vehicle can you evacuate 10 ambulatory casualties?
Quartermaster
Tactical Leader
M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
When Medical Personnel Receive Patients
Term 10 of 119
TXA must be given within ______ hours of point of injury
3 litter or 6 ambulatory
6
3
NPA
, Term 11 of 119
The decision to request a MEDEVAC and assign precedence is based upon___________________________
Casualties that need to be evacuated within 1 hour.
These include life limb or eyesight
The color of the uniform, the type of weapon used, and the casualty's rank
The advice of the senior medical person, casualty's condition, and the tactical situation
The weather conditions, time of day, and the casualty's name
Term 12 of 119
You have given your casualty one bag of whole blood or hextend. Their radial pulse returns. What
do you do now (because you definitely don't want their systolic blood pressure above __________
Switch to crystalloids; 140
Convert, to saline lock; 100
Keep administering whole blood; 120
Stop all fluids; 90
Term 13 of 119
What blood type does not contain A or B antigens?
90 degrees from the front
radial
Urgent 1 hour
Urgent Surgical 1 hour
Priority 4 hours
Routine 24 hours
Convenience when its convenient
Type O
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